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Hyphenation for “crumb”

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What is the correct hyphenation for “crumb”? The purpose of hyphenation is to separate a word such as "crumb" because otherwise it would be too long and would no longer fit on one line. This separation not only saves space it improves the visually flow of the text. This word separation exists in most languages. In English, the word separation of “crumb” is based on the speech syllables. The separating syllable in linguistics is therefore the smallest group of sounds in the natural flow of speech. As a separator, the classic hyphen is usually used: „crumb“ ⟶ „crumb“.

Hyphens are occasionally used to denote syllabification, as in syl-la-bi-fi-ca-tion. Various British and North American dictionaries use an interpunct, sometimes called a "middle dot" or "hyphenation point", for this purpose, as in syl·la·bi·fi·ca·tion. This allows the hyphen to be reserved only for places where a hard hyphen is intended (for example, self-con·scious, un·self-con·scious, long-stand·ing). Similarly, hyphens may be used to indicate how a word is being or should be spelled. For example, W-O-R-D spells "word".

Definitions of "crumb"

crumb >> /krəm/

Definition: [transitive verb] Cover (food) with breadcrumbs.
Example: while the sweet potato is cooking, crumb the fish

Definition: [noun] A small fragment of bread, cake, or cracker.
Example: she brushed some cake crumbs off her dress

Synonyms of "crumb"

bit | section | slice | chunk | segment | lump | hunk |

Definition: [noun] A very small amount of something.
Example: the Budget provided few crumbs of comfort

Synonyms of "crumb"

fragment | bit | morsel | particle | tiny piece | speck | scrap | shred | sliver | atom | grain | granule | trace | tinge | mite | iota | jot | whit | ounce | scintilla | vestige |

Definition: [noun] An objectionable or contemptible person.

Definition: [noun] Granulated rubber, made from recycled tires.
Example: ‘We use a minimum of 25% recycled crumb rubber,’ says one of RPM's research and development chemists, ‘but the higher the density of the material, the more recycled rubber content we can use.’